Bloodstains and other signs of the attack were still fresh in driveway in the 4200 block of Dumaine Street. That’s where police say a 76-year-old woman was carjacked just before 11:30 Tuesday night.

Bloodstains and other signs of the attack were still fresh in driveway in the 4200 block of Dumaine Street. That’s where police say a 76-year-old woman was carjacked just before 11:30 Tuesday night.

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Updated: 6:59 PM CDT May 11, 2016

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WEBVTT 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ATTACKEDIN HER OWN DRIVEWAY.IT IS STILL FRESH IN THISDRIVEWAY, WHERE POLICE SAY THATA WOMAN WAS CARJACKED JUSTBEFORE 11:30 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT.FRIENDS SAY SHE HAD JUSTRETURNED FROM A NIGHT ON THETOWN WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED.>> SHE WAS LISTENING TO MUSICLAST NIGHT, UPTOWN.SHE LEFT SHE GOT IN HER CAR, SHEDROVE BACK HERE, SHE DROVE INTOHER DRIVEWAY.SHE WAS JUST WALKING UP TO HERDOOR WHEN TWO MEN ATTACKED HER,RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER CAR. REPORTER: NEIGHBORS IDENTIFY THEWOMAN AS NANCY OCHSENSCHLAGER, AWELL-KNOWN FIGURE ON THE MUSICSCENE AND FORMER ASSOCIATEPRODUCER OF THE JAZZ ANDHERTIAGE FESTIVAINVESTIGATORS SAY WAS APPROACHEDBY TWO YOUNG MEN WHO BEAT HER UPAND TOOK HER CELL PHONE AND HERCAR.>> THEY THROW HER DOWN, TAKE HERKEYS.THEY THROW HER DOWN AND KICK HER.I MEAN, AND DID SOMETHING TO THETOP OF HER HEAD, BECAUSE SHE HAS7 STAPLES IN THE TOP OF HERHEAD.>> I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED ANDDISTURBED BY IT.IT'S TERRIBLE. REPORTER: WILLIAM WALTHER JUNIORHAS LIVED ON THE BLOCK FOR MORETHAN 30 YEARS, BUT JUST RECENTLYHE'S BECOME MORE CONCERNED.>> I GO TO DIALYSIS AT 5:00 INTHE MORNING AND IT'S DARK. WHENWHEN I OPEN MY FRONT DOOR, IWILL ALWAYS -- ALL WAYS, BECAUSEPEOPLE ARE BREAKING INTO CARSAND STEALING THINGS.WE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN.IT IS JUST STARTING TO HAPPEN.REPORTER: AS FOR THE VICTIM,FRIENDS SAY HER PHYSICAL WOUNDSWILL HEAL BUT GETTING PAST THISINCIDENT WILL TAKE TIME.>> BASICALLY, SHE IS OK.

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Bloodstains and other signs of the attack were still fresh in driveway in the 4200 block of Dumaine Street. That’s where police say a 76-year-old woman was carjacked just before 11:30 Tuesday night.